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Screen a listAmericanWitness Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$793krevenue
FY2025 · +61% in 3 yrs11staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−4.0%
Months of reserve0.1mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+36.6%
Middle half of peersMedianAmericanWitness
Where the money goes FY2025 · $825k spent
Programs$691k84%Management and general$129k16%Fundraising$5k1%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Its largest funder stopped after FY2022
The Abell Foundation Inc gave about $217k a year for three years, 56% of revenue in FY2022.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$226k in FY2023, −$31k in FY2024 and −$32k in FY2025. Cash covers 0.1 months, under the peer median of 6.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 37% a year since FY2018, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 5 of its 5 returns, 50% of revenue in FY2025.
990 Part VIII8funders
$208ka year, last 3 years
84%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23The Abell Foundation IncStopped after FY2022$125k$250k$275k–T Rowe Price FoundationSince FY2021$15k$13k$17kCharles Koch InstituteOn and off$16k$16k$8kCharles Koch FoundationOn and off$7kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$20k$15k$10k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped